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"The face of the operation is Briatore (referred to exclusively in the film by his colleagues and angry, chanting detractors as "Flavio"), an anthropomorphic radish who spends most of his time at QPR plotting to fire all of the managers."

At press time, Harbaugh had sent Michigan’s athletic department an envelope containing a heavily annotated seating chart, a list of the 63,000 seat views he had found unsatisfactory, and a glowing 70-page report on section 25, row 12, seat 9, which he claimed is “exactly what the great sport of football is all about.”

to put post Fiutak's views, but to be fair to the opposition I posted Caputo's take as well. There are Michigan fans who share Caputo's view. Who want to return to the days of the I-Back. Just a guess, but I think Gator fans are ok with funball. I might be going out on a limb here, but I don't think Auburn fans mind this thing called funball either.

The most reasonable position to draw from the data we've seen is probably something between the two scenarios those guys present. RR is currently 5-16 in the Big Ten and 2-3 this year. I'm not certain that a 67-65 victory over Illinois, I repeat, Illinois, is cause for the insane optimism I've seen from some fans. However, putting up 45 despite five turnovers and still managing to win is certainly a cause for optimism. I think we should all clearly be in the wait and see mode until a 5-0 start next year leads me to predict an undefeated season.

It's one thing to criticize Rich Rod because of his mediocre record or our poor defense; that's fair game. Its another to complain because he doesn't run a pro style offense like Bo or Lloyd featuring a bowling ball for a tailback and a cannon-armed statue for a QB. Even after we've put up amazing offensive numbers this season, these people still complain about the offense. They seem to care less about Rich Rod's record than they do about the fact that we won't be producing prototypical NFL QBs with this offense.

These people are idiots. Last I checked, the point of college football is to win as many games as you can, not to produce as many NFL draft picks as you can. Anyone with half a brain can see that we're having problems because our defense sucks, not because there's anything wrong with the offense. As long as our offense is productive, who gives a shit whether it's a spread or a pro set?

No one is complaining about the offensive production and wide open style of ball being played in places like Oregon and Boise because these are new kids on the block. Our history of Bo, Mallory, and Carr has conditioned the traditionalist critics to believe there is only one style of football. Embracing a new style is a choice and we need to stick with it. No other 6-3 team received as much attention as us this weekend with the exception of JoPa and his 400th victory. Change is hard but our patience will be rewarded.

I know some of these types of fans. They're the same ones who constantly bitched about Lloyd Carr every year since '98. They also probably couldn't name more than three starters and don't know what a zone read actually is.

Pat Caputo makes Mike Valenti look like a Rhodes scholar. Can we all agree never to discuss him again? Valenti may be a Sparty-loving asshat who screams inanities all day, but at least he can occasionally be objective and bring up a good point... Caputo has no idea what he is talking about ever.

A few weeks ago I heard Craputo, uh, Caputo bitch about why Michigan fans won't give MSU any credit. He was almost in tears about how we act like MSU is a fluke this year. And how we still refer to them as Lil' Brother. At one point he said, "Who's Lil' Brother now?". LOL.

“I would like to extend to you an invitation to the pants party.” — Brick Tamland

There will be those who say Rodriguez’s offense has finally set in and started to explode. Not really. Michigan’s offense is based on one player, quarterback Denard Robinson. When Michigan has been up against top tier teams in the Big Ten, Iowa and MSU, they basically limited his big plays, forced a turnover or two - and it was over.

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The theory that Lloyd Carr left the cupboard bare for Rodriguez is ridiculous.

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For the most part, Mark Dantonio at Michigan State gets the best high school players out of this state these days. The notion Michigan recruits effectively nationally has been blown to smithereens.

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Rodriguez has been like a square peg in a round hole from the day he arrived in Ann Arbor. And that’s before you get to any NCAA violations.

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The Wolverines host Illinois Saturday and are underdogs to an average Big Ten team coached by Ron Zook, aka the modern day Lou Tepper.

I plead guilty to occasionally listening to Caputo. He seems to draw the holiday time slots presumably because no one else wants them. What is amazing about him is the way he butchers the English language. This is a man whose livelihood depends upon his use of the printed and spoken word but he talks like a yahoo sitting in a cheap bar.

Many of the other radio talk show hosts do impressions of him and they always go out of their way to sound uneducated. It will probably come as no surprise when you learn that his degree in journalism was from.......wait for it.......MSU.

year top 15 and 2012 top 5. Our D is basically a sophmore right now and learning, soon he will be a junior and our O will be a senior and then TOP 5 and year in year out till RR quits us, we are top 10 reloading. Bet it.

Those guys get paid for their opinion and don't solely focus on one team. They have not invested untold hours watching, reading and analyzing the status of UM football like us junkies. I have been a fan since the 70s. I have never seen as potent an offense as we have today and we are just getting started. Once we get our D on track, look the fuck out. We will be back on top before you know it, DB will make sure of it. .

There's a reason why some fans are described as "rabid." You can enjoy football, pay exceptionally close attention to your team and its games, without wildly bouncing from ecstasy to despair to ecstasy again.

It seems like many fans have ratcheted up their levels of happiness and despair to unhealthy levels, getting incredibly excited about wins and statistics and tearing their hair out after defeats. Coach Rodriguez is a genius one week, on the hot seat the next week and the second coming the next. Denard is a Heisman candidate, then folks say he should be converted to RB, and then he's glorified for breaking yet another record.

College football is awesome and Michigan fans have it better than most. Enjoy what's good, hope for improvement in what's not so good and put away the pitchforks. And root for the team to beat Purdue, Wisconsin and Ohio State.

Whether it's his stuttering and mumbling, or the way he ALWAYS interrupts and cuts off callers only to restate his own opinion, or the fact that he keeps hating on Michigan. I've been bitching about this guy since he's been on 97.1 The Ticket. I am forced to change the station when he is on. I actually feel bad for Dennis Fithian the way Pat owns the show and dominates the expressed opinions, while discounting anything Dennis says.

That's my Pat Caputo rant… I'm gonna go smash a radio and take a nap.

"Sure, luck means a lot in football. Not having a good quarterback is bad luck."